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Sissel
Sissel is a Norwegian female given name, a variant of Cecilia. Notable people called Sissel include: * Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn (1947–2011), a Norwegian poet and children's writer * Sissel Birgitte Breie (born 1953), a Norwegian diplomat * Sissel Buchholdt, née Brenne (born 1951), a Norwegian handball player * Sissel Grottenberg (born 1956), a retired Norwegian long-distance runner * Sissel Knutsen Hegdal (born 1965), a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party * Sissel Kyrkjebø (born 1969), also known as Sissel, Norwegian singer * Sissel Lange-Nielsen, née Herlofson (born 1931), a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist * Sissel Lie (born 1942), a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim * Sissel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Kyrkjebø
Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also simply known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. Sissel is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs, to classical vocals and operatic arias. She sings mainly in English and Norwegian and has also sung songs in Spanish Swedish, Danish, Irish, Italian, French, Russian, Icelandic, Faroese, German, Neapolitan, Māori, Japanese and Latin. She rose to prominence in Norway in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and her cover version of Ole Paus' song "Innerst i sjelen" gained wide popularity in the 1990s. She is well known for singing the Olympic Hymn (Hymne Olympique) at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; for duets with Plácido Domingo and Charles Aznavour at the "Christmas in Vienna" concert of 1994, José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Josh Groban, Neil Sedaka, Mario Frangoulis, Russell Watson, Brian May, Tommy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Rønbeck
Sissel Marie Rønbeck (born 24 May 1950 in Hammerfest, Finnmark) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Biography She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1979–1981, Minister of Environmental Affairs 1986–1989, and Minister of Transport and Communications 1996–1997. Between 1981 and 1993 she was a parliamentary representative for Oslo in the Norwegian legislature, Storting. She is currently deputy director of the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren), and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Rønbeck attended Oslo Cathedral School, but did not complete her examen artium Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1 .... References 1950 births Living people Members of the Storting Labour Party (Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Birgitte Breie
Sissel Birgitte Breie (born 9 September 1953) is a Norwegian diplomat. She was born in Oslo and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.polit. degree in 1981. She started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the same year, and was posted as an embassy secretary in Thailand from 1983 and at the United Nations delegation from 1986 to 1989. After being promoted to subdirector in 1997 she became Norway's ambassador to Argentina in 1999. Between 2003 and 2008 she was stationed in Norway, first as senior adviser, from 2004 as head of department and from 2006 as ambassador of West African countries. She then served abroad again, as consul-general in New York City from 2008 to 2013 and ambassador to Jordan from 2013. She is decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. She resides at Ekeberg Ekeberg is a neighborhood in the city of Oslo, Norway. The Norway Cup soccer tournament takes place at Ekebergsletta every summer. "Sletta" means "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Buchholdt
Sissel Buchholdt, née Brenne (born 17 June 1951) is a Norwegian handball player. She played for the clubs SK Freidig and Skogn IL. She played more than 180 matches on the Norway women's national handball team from 1969 to 1984. She participated at the 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1982 World Women's Handball Championships. She also competed in javelin throw at a national level. Representing the club IL Nybrott, she won a silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 1972 and a bronze medal in 1973. Her personal best throw was 46.84 metres, achieved in May 1974 at Bislett stadion Bislett Stadium ( no, Bislett stadion) is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here .... References External links * 1951 births Living people Sportspeople from Levanger Norwegian female handball players Norwegian female javelin thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Lange-Nielsen
Sissel Lange-Nielsen, née Herlofson (born 27 January 1931) is a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist. Born in Kristiansund, she won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1982. She is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. She was married to barrister and judge Trygve Lange-Nielsen Trygve Lange-Nielsen (9 July 1921 – 18 April 2014) was a Norwegian barrister and judge. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Fredrik Lange-Nielsen (1891–1980) and Laura Stang Lund (1893–1961). He was a maternal grandson of Fredrik Stang L ... (1921–2014). References 1931 births Living people People from Kristiansund Norwegian journalists Norwegian women journalists Norwegian women critics Norwegian literary critics Norwegian women non-fiction writers Members of the Norwegian Academy Norwegian women writers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Lie
Sissel Lie (born 12 November 1942) is a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim since 1992. Biography Sissel Lie was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Her literary début, the short story collection ''Tigersmil'', won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for 1986. Her works have been translated into eight languages as of 2004. She has edited anthologies of French poets and translated poetry, short stories and novels from the French language. She has also been co-editor of ''Kvinnenes kulturhistorie'' (1985–1988). Drama *''Dansen''Trondheim Kunstmuseum*''Svømmersken'', performed at the National Theatre (1998) Bibliography *''Tigersmil'' – short story anthology (1986) *''Løvens hjerte'' – novel (1988) *''Sjelen har intet kjønn : kvinner og kjærligheten i franske romaner på 1600-tallet og 1700-tallet'' – non-fiction, (1988) *''Granateple'' – novel, (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Benneche Osvold
Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 4 April 1945) is a Norwegian journalist. She was born in Stavanger, a daughter of Gerd Benneche, and was married to Totto Osvold. She worked for the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' from 1973 to 2007, where she had her own column, ''Sidesprang'', from 1990. She was awarded ''Den Store Journalistprisen'' by the Norwegian Press Association in 1992. In 2007, she received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (''Stiftelsen Fritt Ord''). Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award ( no, Fritt Ords pris) and the Fritt Or .... References 1945 births Living people Writers from Stavanger Norwegian journalists Norwegian women journalists Dagbladet people Norwegian columnists Norwegian women columnists {{norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn
Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn (28 October 1947 – 14 July 2011) was a Norwegian poet and children's writer. She was born in Bardu. She made her literary début in 1978 with the book ''Den første avisa på Lofotveggen'', for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Her children's book ''Jente i bitar'' from 1992 was awarded the Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Priz .... References 1947 births 2011 deaths People from Bardu People from Bodø 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian children's writers Norwegian women poets Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Sellæg
Sissel Sellæg (10 February 1928 – 5 January 2014) was a Norwegian actress. She debuted in 1950 at the Studioteatret. She worked at Folketeatret in the years 1951–56, at Den Nationale Scene from 1959 to 1964 and at Oslo Nye Teater from 1967 to 1998. She was married to actor Per Theodor Haugen and was the mother of actor Kim Haugen Kim Haugen (born 24 September 1958) is a Norwegian actor. He is a son of actors Per Theodor Haugen and Sissel Sellæg and is married to Nadia Hasnaoui. He made his stage debut at Den Nationale Scene in 1982. From 1985 he worked as an actor at Nati .... References External links * 1928 births 2014 deaths People from Notodden Norwegian film actresses Norwegian television actresses Norwegian stage actresses {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel (album)
''Sissel'' is a 1986 album from Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø. It was her debut album which contained different genres and styles. According to her, "....The songs tell different facets of love." It was sold more than 400,000 copies soon after the release, making it the best selling album in Norway at that time, in a country with a population of 4.16 million (in 1986). Charts Track listing Norway version 01. Kjærlighet 02. Tenn et lys for dem 03. Jeg trenger deg 04. Summertime 05. I ditt smil 06. Eg ser 07. Å Vestland, Vestland 08. Vil du vekke tonen min? 09. Inn til deg 10. Frøet 11. Det skal lyse en sol 12. Dagen gryr Sweden version 01. Kärleken 02. Har en dröm 03. Vem 04. Tänd ett ljus 05. In till dig 06. Jag ser 07. Det skall lysa en sol 08. Summertime 09. Å Vestland, Vestland 10. Låt mej vara nära dej 11. Dagen gryr Denmark version 01. Vårvise (duet with Sebastian) 02. Har en dröm 03. Summertime 04. Kärleken 05. I ditt smil 06. Jag ser 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissela
Sissela is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Sissela Bok (born 1934), Swedish-born philosopher and ethicist *Sissela Benn (born 1980) Swedish actress and comedian *Sissela Kyle (born 1957), Swedish actress and comedian * Sissela Nordling Blanco (born 1988), Swedish politician See also *Cisséla Cisséla (or Sissélà) is a town and sub-prefecture in the Kouroussa Prefecture, Kankan Region The Kankan region now has more than 6,167,904 inhabitants (2021) the most popular region of Guinea The region has five (5) prefectures (Kankan, K ..., a town in Guinea * Sissel, a Norwegian given name {{Given name Swedish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel V
Sissel is a Norwegian female given name, a variant of Cecilia. Notable people called Sissel include: * (1947–2011), a Norwegian poet and children's writer * Sissel Birgitte Breie (born 1953), a Norwegian diplomat * , née Brenne (born 1951), a Norwegian handball player * |
